1. India becomes the first country in South Asia to ban the testing of cosmetics and its ingredients on animals. I. Though it has left an escape route for pharma companies to either sell such cosmetics tested abroad or outsource the testing of their own products. 2. Olympics, CWG and Asian Games medal winners will get tax exemption on cash or other rewards given by the government. 3. West Bengal Tableau, which depicted the famous Purulia Chhau Dance, declared the best tableau in the Republic Day parade. I. Ones of Tamil Nadu & Assam finished up at 2nd and 3rd place respectively. 4. 70% of Diesel, 99.6 % of Petrol is consumed in the country by the Transport Sector alone as per an all India study conducted by M/s Nielsen (India) for Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of Petroleum Ministry. I. Two-wheelers top Petrol consumption with 61.42% followed by cars with 34.33% and 3-wheelers with 2.34%. II. Diesel consumption: 13.15% by private cars and UVs, 8.94% by commercial cars & UVs and 6.39% by 3-wheelers. III. Trucks account for 28.25%, Buses 9.55% and Railways about 3.24% of the total diesel consumption in India. IV. Agriculture Sector uses 13% of Diesel; industry consumes 9.02% including industry gensets with 4.06% and Mobile Towers 1.54%. 5. American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies aged 94. 6. DRDO presents Dhruva-3, an indigenous High Performance Computing Systems, to the nation. 7. British era heritage building 'Gorton Castle' in Shimla gutted by fire. The fire reduced at least 2 storeys of this five-storey sprawling building to ashes which houses Himachal Pardesh's Accountant General. 8. Tunisia adopts a new constitution. -
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